Surface Laptop Ultra mostly delivers on Microsoft's promises

What BBN said about it

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentMicrosoft's Surface Laptop Ultra promises one machine for coding, AI and gaming, and Ars Technica says it mostly gets there, starting at two thousand five hundred ninety-nine dollars.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorMostly gets there is a wonderful phrase. In my pageant days, that was called a graceful runner-up.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentDr. Nina Byte reviews it, which means the laptop should be nervous. Pro one, Nina?

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorPro one: Tom's Hardware says it has quad speakers with Dolby Atmos.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorCon one: the top configuration reviewers tested costs five thousand eight hundred ninety-nine dollars, which is rent with a keyboard.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentPro two: Windows Central says it aims to give the MacBook Pro a run for its money.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentCon two: Gizmodo says it's heavier and thicker than those MacBooks.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHeavier is just more presence. It's not thick, it's grounded.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentPro three: it's built on Nvidia's RTX Spark chip.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentCon three: PCWorld says Windows Media Player froze twice during a battery test. Twice, on a machine that costs that much.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorNina's verdict is three stars out of five, and she says the dark part is the microphone.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorShe thinks it heard every complaint she muttered while testing it.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentIf it's listening, it already knows I want it. Does it come in the five thousand eight hundred ninety-nine dollar one?